There is a new poll out today by Gallup that shows a major shift in American's thinking, and is very bad news for the Democrat Party. A clear majority of Americans are now saying it is not the Government's responsibility to insure everyone. This shows a dramatic change in thinking since Obamacare has become reality. Only 42% of people in America now agree with the premise. Here is a link to the story and the data.
Majority in U.S. Say Healthcare Not Gov't Responsibility
It's not government's job to give no bid contracts to large corporations. It's not government's job to provide subsidies and bailouts to large corporations. It's not government's job to provide patent protection for the investments of the private sector. It's not government's job to protect the oil fields and trade routes of private corporations.
But government does these things. [It would be nice if the OP at least knew what government did for the wealthy. Without having all the information about who government serves, the OP runs the risk of appearing like an apparachik for the concentrated wealth and political power that owns his party and his news sources.]
The economy dies when consumers are bankrupted by health costs. Any economy which allows special interest monopolies to destroy consumers is going to die. We have an interest in not destroying the consumer. Obama should have broken up the health care monopolies but he didn't because they are too powerful.
Over the past twenty years Health Insurance companies and pharmaceuticals have poured trillions of dollars into Government. They did this to create a regulatory structure which allowed them to divide much of the nation into fixed no-compete zones. This allowed them to raise rates without being disciplined by market competition. The government does have an interest in restoring a competitive market to what has become a Republican protected monopoly. If we can educate Republicans on the need to bust up these monopolies, than we can bust up the mega corporations and restore competition (like when Carter busted up telecom, which is why we've seen so much innovation in this sector). Problem is: Republican voters get their analysis of the economy from a tightly controlled media universe which is funded by the special interests which control all domestic markets. Meaning: we have an entire generation of voters who have been turned into useful idiots.
ObamaCare was designed to bring down prices by bringing more payees into the system and broadening the risk pools with healthier people. Time will tell if this works, but I suspect the Republicans have and will be able to sabatoge it.
